New analysis shows liver cancer incidence has tripled since 1970s, but survival rates improving
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 15:14
in Health & Medicine
A new study examining data on incidence trends, mortality rates and survival rates from the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) cancer registries indicates that the incidence of liver cancer in the United States tripled between 1975 and 2005.